What’s On Offer? All NHS staff who are members of the 2015 NHS Pension Scheme are able to elect to pay extra contributions to reduce or remove the early retirement reduction that would be applied if they retire before their Normal Pension Age (NPA). This is known as an Early Retirement Reduction Buy Out (ERRBO). […]
Continue ReadingIf you are currently participating in a salary sacrifice scheme and are now in the new NHS Pension Scheme 2015 you should consider whether this is still in your best overall financial interest. What is a salary sacrifice scheme? Salary sacrifice arrangements are when you enter into an agreement with your employer to exchange some […]
Continue ReadingClick here to download and read the offer letter from Jeremy Hunt to Christina which the SGE agreed to consult members on. In addition to the NHS offer, the strength of industrial action in the ambulance sector led to the following proposals being added.
Continue ReadingWhat’s happening? • The current NHS pension scheme will be replaced by a new scheme from 1 April 2015. • The new scheme is based on your earnings for your whole career from April 2015 (a Career-Average Revalued Earnings scheme). • Each year 1/54th of your pensionable salary for that year will be added to your pension account […]
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A music video protesting against the UK government’s proposal to increase the retirement/ pensionable age for all frontline NHS staff to 68, including paramedics. This will have a particularly damaging impact on ambulance staff and increase clinical risk for their patients. Track performed and shot by the paramedic ’68 Old Stars’. https://www.facebook.com/AmbulanceMinisterOnNightshift
Continue ReadingUNISON¹s consultative ballot of its health members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on changes to the NHS pension scheme, returned a low turnout of 14.8% of those eligible to vote.
Continue ReadingUNISON have now published a full guide to the proposed new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales. You can download a copy by clicking here
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Commenting on the report into the events of 30 November, commissioned by the Strategic Health Authority for London, NHS London, UNISON’s Regional Organiser for the LAS, Phil Thompson, said:
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